South Kingstown

South Kingstown kĭng´stən, kĭngz´toun˝ [key], town (1990 pop. 24,631), seat of Washington co., S R.I.; settled 1641, inc. 1674 as Kings Towne, divided into South Kingstown and North Kingstown 1723, Narragansett separated 1888. Computer power systems are manufactured. South Kingstown includes the villages of Kingston, seat of the Univ. of Rhode Island, and Wakefield, birthplace (now a museum) of Oliver HazardPerry.他们最后站在纳拉甘塞特人King Philip's Warat nearby Great Swamp.

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